Nearly 100 Journalists Arrested in Nepal

[MrBishop]

KATMANDU, Nepal - Police arrested nearly 100 journalists Monday after scuffling with them during a protest to demand King Gyanendra immediately lift media restrictions in Nepal imposed four months ago.

Meanwhile, the army said communist rebels killed at least six soldiers and two police patrolling near Ghartichap village in the mountains about 50 miles west of the capital, Katmandu. In the ensuing battle, six Maoist rebels were also killed.
Gyanendra seized control of this Himalayan kingdom Feb. 1, fired the government, and imposed a state of emergency, saying the restrictive measures were needed to quell the communist insurgency. He suspended civil liberties, including freedom of the press, and jailed hundreds of political prisoners.

The rebels, who claim to be inspired by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong, have been fighting since 1996 to abolish Nepal's constitutional monarchy and set up a communist state. More than 11,500 people have died in the insurgency.

Protesters from the Federation of Nepalese Journalists were arrested as they marched into a restricted area near the royal palace, chanting: "Free the press! Withdraw censorship!"

Isn't it the communists who usually stop freedoms?
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[unclehobart]

No. Everyone does it. Times of percieved national crisis usually give all governments unlimited power to quell enemies.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

Isn't it the communists who usually stop freedoms?

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Lincoln and his party governed the occupied South as a military dictatorship during the war and Reconstruction.

Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and had his military imprison tens of thousands of Northern political opponents. The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Roger B. Taney, ruled Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus to be unconstitutional (only Congress has such power), but he was ignored by Lincoln as the mass arrests of political dissenters continued.

King George "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our legislatures." The Party of Lincoln did this during Reconstruction. King George was condemned "for cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world." Lincoln put into place a naval blockade of the Southern states.

No, not always...

 

[Gonz]

See what I mean

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

See what I mean

Not lately I haven't.

 

[Gonz]

Article 1
Section 9

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

So, who exactly invaded the north? That's who ol' Abe tossed in the can, you recall. Anybody ever remember an invasion up yonder? Cuz I sure don't. Not up yonder.

Also, that does not specify who has the authority to do so. I think my point was that ol' Abe did it unlawfully as he did not have the authority to do so.

Face it, man. Lincoln was a dictator and a despot. He freed slaves in free states only. Woo hoo. Some liberator. For that we still to this day revere him, when he also declared war on his own people? (He was born in Kentucky remember...)

 

[Professur]

So, who exactly invaded the north? That's who ol' Abe tossed in the can, you recall. Anybody ever remember an invasion up yonder? Cuz I sure don't. Not up yonder.

Yeah, a bunch of canadians did it once. They heard you had beer down there. Never found any, tho. Just some guys drinking horse urine.